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Study Description

 This study is eligible for STEP-1 funding. Find more information here. 

This study is testing Opdualag, a medicine that combines two drugs, in children, teens, and young adults (12 years and older) whose cancers have returned or not responded to treatment. Some participants will have tumors that show high immune activity, while others will have tumors that did not respond to previous immunotherapy.

The study will look at how well Opdualag works, any side effects, and how treatment affects quality of life. Blood and tissue samples will also be collected to help researchers better understand the cancer and the immune system.

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must be 12 years or older with cancer that has come back or didn’t respond to treatment.
• Patients have a cancer (outside or inside the brain/spine) that has come back or not responded to treatment
• There are two groups:
  • Tumors with a strong immune response
  • Tumors with a DNA repair problem has worsened during or after prior immunotherapy
• Patients must have measurable disease confirmed by appropriate imaging methods
• Must meet all organ function requirements
• Must be up and about at least 50% of waking hours (wheelchair allowed)
• Enough time must have passed from any previous treatment; the study team will let you know the timelines
• Patients must remain abstinent or use adequate birth control as explained by the study team

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If you are a long-distance patient of >160 km, one way - you may be eligible for STEP-1 travel funding. Find more information here. 

A pilot study to see if it is possible and safe to add medicine given into the spinal fluid (intrathecal chemotherapy) and continued treatment (maintenance therapy) after strong chemotherapy for young children under 6 years old who have newly diagnosed high-risk brain tumors.

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: Children 6 years old or younger at the time their brain tumor is confirmed.
• Tumor types: Certain rare, aggressive brain or spinal tumors, including ATRT, medulloblastoma (group 3 or 4), pineoblastoma, ETMR, and other similar embryonal brain tumors.
• MRI scans: MRI of the brain and spine (with and without contrast) must be done before and after surgery.
• Lumbar puncture (spinal tap): A sample of spinal fluid is recommended (if safe to do) before or after surgery, but not required.
• Must meet all lab and organ function requirements
• Must be well enough to be up and about at least 50% of waking hours

Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply and will be discussed with you by the study team. 

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This study is to assess the effectiveness of a drug called Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) in combination with etoposide for patients with neuroblastoma that has come back, or is not responidng to current treatment. DFMO is a medication taken by mouth. It is an blocker of ornithine decarboxylase, an enzyme involved with polyamine biosynthesis in the cancer cells, including neuroblastoma cells. 

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients less than 31 years of age 
• Diagnosis of neuroblastoma that has come back or is not responding to treatment 
• Patients can have active or no active disease at the time of study start
• Multiple other inclusion and exclusion criteria could apply and will be reviewed by your treating team.

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The purpose of this study is to learn more about how safe and effective a drug called silmitasertib (an oral pill) is in combination with other FDA approved chemotherapy drugs to treat certain kinds of solid tumours. 

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants must be 30 years or younger
• A confirmed tumor type of Neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, or Liposarcoma that has come back or not responded to standard treatment
• Doctors must be able to see signs of cancer on a scan or in the bone marrow
• Must have recovered from past treatments, with enough time passed since chemo, radiation, immunotherapy, or transplant
• Must meet all organ function and bloodwork requirements
• Must be up and about for 50% of waking hours
• If patient can become pregnant, a negative pregnancy test and adequate birth control is required
• Signed informed consent

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In this study, researchers want to find out if

• they can improve treatment for participants with newly diagnosed diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumour (DAWT). In hopes of finding a better therapy to fight against the cancer, participants will be given chemotherapy drugs and radiation therapy in this study. The chemotherapy drugs that participants will be receiving are often given to fight against cancer and together, the treatment is known as Regimen UH-3. This study looks at how well Regimen UH-3 works when given to children and young adults with newly diagnosed DAWT.
• they can improve treatment for participants with "standard risk" favourable histogy Wilms tumour (FWHT) that has come back (relapsed). In hopes of finding a better therapy to fight against the cancer, participants will be given chemotherapy drugs and radiation therapy in this study. The chemotherapy drugs that participants will be receiving are often given to fight against cancer and together, the treatment is known as Regimen UH-3. This study looks at how well Regimen UH-3 works when given to children and young adults with "standard risk" favourable histogy Wilms tumour (FWHT) that has come back (relapsed).
• they can improve treatment for participants with "high-risk or very high-risk" favourable histogy Wilms tumour (FWHT) that has come back (relapsed). In hopes of finding a better therapy to fight against the cancer you have, participants will be given chemotherapy drugs and radiation therapy in this study. The chemotherapy drugs that participants will be receiving are often given to fight cancer and together, the regimen is known as Regimen ICE/Cyclo/Topo. This study looks at how well this regimen works when given to children and young adults with "high-risk or very high-risk" favourable histogy Wilms tumour (FWHT) that has come back (relapsed).

Drugs used in chemotherapy regimens work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

Inclusion Criteria

• Age less than 30 years
• New diagnosis of diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumour
• OR a diagnosis of Wilms tumour at first relapse (tumour that has come back, and must have been "favourable histology" at initial diagnosis)
• Patient must be capable of all self care - such that they are out of bed >50% of day
• Multiple other inclusion and exclusion criteria could apply and will be reviewed by your treating team

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This trial studies how well cisplatin and combination chemotherapy works in treating children and young adults with hepatoblastoma or liver cancer after surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, doxorubicin, fluorouracil, vincristine sulfate, carboplatin, etoposide, irinotecan, sorafenib, gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving combination chemotherapy after surgery may kill more tumor cells.


Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must be newly diagnosed with hepatic malignancies (liver cancers) such as hepatoblastoma or hepatocellular carcinoma
• Patients must be under 30 years of age 
• All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent

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If you are a long-distance patient of >160 km, one way - you may be eligible for STEP-1 travel funding. Find more information here. 

This clinical trial is testing a new treatment for children and young adults with aggressive brain tumors, including DIPG and high grade glioma with a specific genetic change (H3 K27M mutation). The treatment combines standard radiation therapy with a new medicine called selinexor, which may help stop cancer cells from growing and shrink tumors. Patients receive radiation for 5-7 weeks and take selinexor pills weekly during and after radiation for up to two years. The study will first find the safest dose of selinexor and then test how well it works. MRIs and follow-up visits help monitor progress. Researchers hope this treatment will improve outcomes for these difficult-to-treat brain tumors.

NOTE: Enrollment for DIPG and DMG has been discontinued. This study is only opened for patients with HGG without a H3 K27M mutation. 

Inclusion Criteria

Pre-Enrollment

1. Age: Patients must be 25 years old or younger.
2. Diagnosis: Must have a newly diagnosed high-grade glioma (HGG) that hasn’t spread.
3. Consent: A parent or guardian, or the patient, must sign a consent form.
4. Samples (non-DIPG tumours): Tumour samples from surgery or biopsy need to be submitted soon after the procedure (ideally within 5 days).

Main Enrollment

1. Age: Patients must be between 1 and 21 years old.
2. Diagnosis:
   • DIPG: Must meet specific imaging or biopsy criteria. CLOSED
   • HGG: Must be newly diagnosed, without certain genetic mutations. OPEN
3. Patients need to be in good overall health with normal lab results and no severe symptoms.
4. Enrollment must happen within 31 days of diagnosis or surgery.
5. A signed consent form is required.

Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply and will be discussed with you by the study team. 

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If you are a long-distance patient of >160 km, one way - you may be eligible for STEP-1 travel funding. Find more information here. 

VICTORY is an early phase study for patients under 25 years who have a type of brain tumor called low grade glioma (LGG) that coms back or gets worse (recurrent or progressive). To participate on this study, the LGG must have certain genetic changes called CRAF or BRAF alterations.

The study has two parts:

Phase A: We are figuring out the best dose of a combination of two medicines, vinblastine and tovorafenib. Patients will take these medicines for a certain number of months, then just tovorafenib for a few more months. Their progress will be checked regularly with scans.

Phase B: After we find the right dose in Phase A, we'll test how well the combination of these drugs works. Patients will take these medicines for a certain number of months, then just tovorafenib for a few more months. Their progress will be checked regularly with scans.

Patients will be in the study for about two years unless their tumor gets worse (disease progression), they have bad side effects or they decide to withdrawal from the study.

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must be less than or equal to 25 years of age at the time of enrollment
• Patient and/or their parent/guardian must sign an informed consent form to be enrolled on study
• Patients must have a diagnosis of low grade glioma (LGG) with a genetic alteration called BRAF or CRAF alteration that has come back (recurrent) or not responded to previous treatment (progressive)
• Patients must have completed at least 1 other therapy prior to enrollment on this study and recovered from its effects.
• Patients must have adequate performance status (daily activities which they are able to do) 
• Must have adequate organ function in bone marrow, kidneys, liver, heart and thyroid
• Willingness of male and female patients with reproductive potential to use double effective birth control methods, defined as one used by the patient and another by his/her partner, for the duration of treatment and for 180 days following the last dose of study drug. 
• Ability to swallow tablets or liquid, or gastric access via a nasal or gastric tube.

Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply and will be discussed with you by the study team.